Jimmy Rollins returns. He’s back at the top, although he said the knee isn’t yet 100 percent, so don’t look for him to be stealing many bases this evening. Chase Utley also returns.

Otherwise, nothing newsworthy really happening today. We shift the attention to how ridiculously hot it is going to be, and how that might be a factor. Obviously, Kyle Kendrick has a short leash as it is, so with the temperatures near triple digits at gametime, he’ll have to manage. His delivery doesn’t appear to exert much energy, so that’s a good thing. Charlie Manuel said Kendrick could go 100 pitches tonight, he’s stretched out enough to go deep if he can. But that’s the question; can he?

Randy Wells shut the Phillies down last year at Wrigley (7 inn, 0 ER), but he’s nearing 6 in the ERA category this year. With “hittin’ weather” in the air, lets see if they can take advantage.

Cerveza Pacifico Clara is the real name for this beer which was brewed by three German men in Mexico in 1900. In 1954 it was purchased by Modelo (you’ve heard of them, yes), which is now owned by Anheuser Busch. Seems like they own every beer. So I guess Pacifico is like the Bud of our neighbors to the south. I think it tastes much better. I think you like it, too. – By Pat

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bacardipr05

June 9, 2011 at 5:41 pm

We never know as always which Kyle is going to show up. This year he seems to be worse when he starts than the previous years. I think he was doing a good job as a long arm in the bullpen. The Phils have given Kyle plenty of chances to become a MLB starter i dont think he has it in him to be a fifth starter on a contending team at this point. Hopefully he can manage to keep them 3 or under for six innings an the offense awakens. Thats all we can really ask for from Kendrick.

Not a good feeling about this one. OK, I said it someone had to.
Look, if the Phils were scoring some runs lately, I might think different but if Kyle cannot keep the Cubs to 4 or under (what are those chances?) the Phils will probably lose this game.

The wind started blowing and garbage was all over the field. My cap blew off. They delayed the game before the rain started. I stayed in my seat. Rain and high winds started suddenly and everybody made a run for it.

We got no Pen depth tonight, so I’m more pessimistic than usual. We really need another bat to make this team whole. To bad the fans can’t pony up the money and get one directly. It really feels like this year is the Phils last hurrah for a long time.

This is just amazing. First off our offense is the most pathetic offense in baseball. 3 runs off of one bat. Nothing else. Youl let this horrible team hang around. They are bad. Madson is not the great closer. Rather see Valdez up in that spot and win the game. Then pitch him. The team is just not very good. Utley looks like he has no clue. The play of the game of course was that stop at third. bases loaded.